Couple concordance in diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemia in urban India and Pakistan and associated socioeconomic and household characteristics and modifiable risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Concordance in chronic disease status has been observed within couples. In urban India and Pakistan, little is known about couple concordance in diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia and associated socioeconomic characteristics and modifiable risk factors.

Methods

We analysed cross-sectional data from 2548 couples from the Centre for cArdio-metabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia cohort in Chennai, Delhi and Karachi. We estimated couple concordance in presence of ≥1 of diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemia (positive concordance: both spouses (W+H+); negative concordance: neither spouse (W-H-); discordant wife: only wife (W+H-); or discordant husband: only husband (W-H+)). We assessed associations of five socioeconomic and household characteristics, and six m

SUBMITTER: Nielsen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11771309 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature